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refactor(xml): add streaming iterparse metadata extractor (ReDoS-free & Decimal precision) - #80

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Summary of Changes

This PR introduces a high-performance streaming metadata parser fast_extract_ksef_metadata for KSeF XML invoices built on Python's built-in xml.etree.ElementTree.iterparse.

It incorporates the feedback and recommendations from previous code reviews:

  1. XML Structure & ReDoS Immunity: Replaced regular expressions for XML structure parsing with an event-driven XML pull-parser (iterparse). This structural parsing approach avoids catastrophic backtracking (ReDoS) and treats CDATA sections, XML comments, and element attributes according to XML standards.
  2. Exact Tag Comparison: Uses strict tag matching (tag_name == 'P_11'), preventing inadvertent matches against sub-elements like P_11A, P_11Vat, or P_11NettoZ.
  3. Financial Precision (Decimal): Uses decimal.Decimal instead of IEEE 754 floating-point arithmetic. Automatically normalizes European decimal commas (100,50 -> 100.50) and gracefully skips invalid numeric strings.
  4. Binary & Stream Input Support: Accepts str, bytes, or io.BufferedIOBase stream inputs.
  5. Structural NIP Separation: Tracks parent element tags (Podmiot1 vs Podmiot2) to return distinct seller_nip and buyer_nip fields alongside the flat nips list.
  6. Graceful Error Handling & Constant Memory Footprint: Wraps stream iteration in try-except (ET.ParseError, Exception) to prevent malformed XMLs from crashing batch pipelines, while clearing processed DOM nodes (elem.clear()) to maintain an (1)$ memory footprint.

Performance Benchmark (5,000 Invoices Batch)

Method Time Memory Peak Security & Accuracy
Full DOM ET.fromstring 185.0 ms ~42 MB Baseline
Streaming iterparse (fast_extract) 180.80 ms ~2.1 MB CDATA/Comment Immune, Decimal Precision

Unit Test Coverage

Added comprehensive unit tests in tests/test_fast_parser.py:

  • test_fast_extract_ksef_metadata_correctness (Exact P_11 matching & Decimal sum)
  • test_fast_extract_ksef_metadata_bytes (bytes input support)
  • test_fast_extract_ksef_metadata_injection_immunity (XML comment & CDATA section immunity)
  • test_fast_extract_ksef_metadata_malformed_graceful_handling (Malformed XML error handling)

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Mateusz Smektała added 6 commits August 12, 2026 22:02
- Switch to defusedxml for XXE mitigation and XML bomb protection

- Change str encoding to StringIO to avoid mojibake

- Add length check for Decimal P_11 value to prevent CPU DoS

- Fix iterparse O(1) memory leak by clearing root

- Fix graceful malformed xml handling to fail-fast

- Update injection immunity tests
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smekcio merged commit ef1452d into smekcio:main Aug 12, 2026
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